1 Day Left!

Yesterday we left Saskatoon with our Prairie Team in Training team. I’ve never done a race with 50 other people, most of them strangers. However, there a few that are quickly becoming friends.

My nutrition plan is to stay as normal as possible. However, last night I went out in search of a vegan restaurant. The place I wanted to go was closed, but I’ll be heading back there for lunch. Instead, my fellow vegetarian Ashley and I headed to a Lebanese restaurant and had a wonderful meal even with DESSERT! It’s just so refreshing to go to places where people know what vegan is and they don’t look at me with the blank look. I often forget what that is like to be in a place that is educated about vegetarians.

MelloJohnny has taken a bit of a different approach. As I type this he is eating Ju-Jubes and drinking Ensure (he does drink that a lot). However, because he doesn’t really have a “normal” eating pattern, I guess this normal for him.

Vancouver is treating me well. We are staying in a wonderful hotel in downtown Vancouver. I bought a record about prairie songs, which I’m excited about. At the race package expo I got a few things.

After walking around all day my knee was not sore. This is a good sign I figure. I’ve been stretching and taking lots of ibuprofen. Looking forward to the marathon tomorrow!!!

2 Responses to 1 Day Left!

Thanks for your concern, Jen! In this post I said that I’d been taking “lots of ibuprofen,” when I should have been more explicit and said “I’ve taken 3 in a day.” Unfortunately, training for this marathon was very hard on my body, as can be the way in long-distance sports. I have learned a lot from the experience this past May, doing two marathons in one month. Hopefully I will have to avoid injuries. Also, due to neck issues that I have from scoliosis, sometimes ibuprofen is taking to avoid migraines. I have mentioned these issues several times in my blog. I look forward to hearing more of your concerns! Take care.

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This website is one that I, Crystal Clarke, started in 2007 with big ideas. It is morphing slowly into a resourceful website for vegans and athletes alike. I put my personal touch on this website in the recipes and the training blog, as I'm a writer, a scientist, a triathlete & a vegan. So what is a vegan triathlete? Well...

vegan. n. vee-gahn. - a person who refrains from using any animal product whatever for food, clothing, or any other purpose.triathlete. n. someone who participates in races consisting of swimming, biking, and running in that order; there are several varying distances with some standard distances:
Sprint: 750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run
Olympic: 1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run
Half Ironman: 2km swim, 90km bike, 21.1km run
Ironman: 3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42.2km run

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My name is Crystal Clarke. I'm a vegan triathlete. I've been vegan since 2002 and a triathlete since 2003. Since then I have completed 1 Ironman, 4 half IMs, several Olympic triathlons, and many other triathlons, duathlons, running races, and biking races. My goal for each race is to finish. I'm pretty slow, but can be a middle-of-the-pack person if I'm not injured and train consistently.

In addition to being a vegan triathlete, I'm a writer, I'm an Agrologist, I'm a soil scientist, I'm a knitter, I'm an anti-consumer, I'm an environmentalist, I'm a budding Buddhist, I'm a yogi, I'm a student of life, and I'm bipolar. I'm a lot of things! I don't fit into any one category - that's what I think sets me apart from other athlete blogs.